Battle Royal

This link will take you to a number of sources:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=battle+royal+ralph+ellison&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31

This link also has a few sources:

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Ellison.htm

Here are some sources that discuss the American Dream and African Americans:

http://www.alternet.org/story/70694/the_american_dream%2C_or_a_nightmare_for_black_America

http://www.tnj.com/news/black-american/no-american-dream-african-americans

http://theafricanamdream.weebly.com/

http://www.eurweb.com/2011/12/african-americans-the-american-dream-is-do-it-yourself/